Stephen Colbert Mocks Donald Trump’s Most Recent Twitter Tirade [VIDEO]

Late Show host Stephen Colbert‘s opening monologue ridiculed President Donald Trump‘s Twitter rant about the New York Times with one single photo.

The newspaper recently published an article about the Michael Cohen investigation and how he may turn on Trump while on trial. The article was written by Maggie Haberman, who becomes the target in Trump’s angry tweets about the article.

“The article seems to have gotten under Trump’s extremely loose skin,” Colbert began as he started to read off Trump’s Twitter rant.

The New York Times and a third rate reporter named Maggie Haberman, known as a Crooked H flunkie who I don’t speak to and have nothing to do with, are going out of their way to destroy Michael Cohen and his relationship with me in the hope that he will “flip.” They use….

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 21, 2018

….non-existent “sources” and a drunk/drugged up loser who hates Michael, a fine person with a wonderful family. Michael is a businessman for his own account/lawyer who I have always liked & respected. Most people will flip if the Government lets them out of trouble, even if….

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 21, 2018

….it means lying or making up stories. Sorry, I don’t see Michael doing that despite the horrible Witch Hunt and the dishonest media!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 21, 2018

Colbert points out that Trump is lying about not having anything to do with Haberman by sharing a picture of the two of them together in the Oval Office. “Someone call secret service, because here she is with Trump,” he jokes.

“The accurate reporting is coming from inside the White House,” Colbert continued. “Get out of there! Get out of there!

Trump just tweeted, “I don’t speak to and have nothing to do with” Maggie Haberman. pic.twitter.com/G3XnSFmE2X

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) April 21, 2018

Watch Colbert’s full monologue below.